Verge of collapse

Chapter 5

Christopher 

"Home sweet home." I say as we walk into the flat. I feel like I took a trip to a foreign country and stayed there for a month. I place the suitcase in the bedroom and plopp down onto the bed. It's weird how I feel like this flat is my home, mostly our home, as I watch Katherine walk in and lay down on the bed next to me.

"Yeah... and we're leaving in four days." She reminds me.

"I'm so fucking tired." I groan. She lays down on my chest, with her head on her hands.

"I think that the trip went well... What do you think?" She asks me with a soft voice. I move her long blonde hair from her face and caress her cheek.

"I'm glad that I get to meet your family." I answer truthfully. They are great people and we actually hit it off with Anthony. Our first conversation was very awkward, but he was just trying to do the right thing. I actually had fun listening to Katherine's childhood stories by her parents and having big family dinners.

"Yeah, me too. They really like you."

"Good."

"What do you want to do for the rest of the evening?" She asks. It's already nine, I know that she won't eat anything at this time and we should probably just get some sleep.

"How about we get some rest?" I ask and she nods before kissing my lips and climbing out of the bed to change.

"Oh..." She turns to look at me. "Do you want to see your Christmas gift?" She asks with a big smile.

"Of course I do." I tell her and stand up from the bed to follow her into the living room.

"Stay here." She demands and walks into the guest bedroom. I never go into that room, so it was smart of her to hide it there.

"Here." She says handing me a silver bag. I sit on the couch and take out a big box wrapped in a white paper. Katherine bites down on her lips playfully as I tear the packaging to reveal a black record player.

"Wow." I let out, looking at the thing. It looks very expensive and like a high quality thing.

"I'll get the vinyl." She says standing up from the couch.

She hands me the vinyl and I open the glass cover before placing the vinyl record on the platter. I press the start button and place the tonearm on top of it. A moment later music starts to play and it's the 'The Beautiful & Damned' song first as the name of the album. I place the record player on the couch before standing up and take Katherine's hand to guide her to dance with me.

"Thank you." I say to her as we sway from side to side. "It's the best gift." She smiles and leans in to me, placing her head on my neck as we dance.

Our song starts to play and we look into each other's eyes. She sings the lyrics with her beautiful voice and I know that she means them.

He's out his head, I'm out my mind

We got that love, the crazy kind

I am his, and he is mine

In the end, it's him and I, him and I

I touch her shoulders and her arms slowly, feeling her soft delicate skin. With every breath I fell in love with her more and more.

And we'd both go crazy

We say at the same time and I press my lips to hers. Swiping my tongue over her lip, feeling those curvy lips on mine. She makes me crazy. Crazier than I already am... and I love her for it. Because no one makes me feel this way.